(Penny’s POV)The kiss lingered like smoke after a fire, warm, hazy, impossible to ignore.We broke apart breathing hard, foreheads pressed together, his blood, streaked hands framing my face like I was something fragile and fierce all at once. The river rushed behind me, black and unforgiving under the moon. The village howls had faded—distant echoes now, mingled with the wet thud of bodies hitting dirt back in Harrowford. Genesis’s chest heaved against mine, his breath ragged from the fight, from the shift, from whatever this was pulling us together.“We can’t stay here,” he rasped, voice low and rough.“I know.”He pulled back just enough to search my eyes—silver fading back to storm-gray, pupils still wide. A cut above his brow wept blood; I reached up without thinking, thumb brushing it away. He caught my wrist, gentle, but holding.“You’re bleeding,” I said stupidly.“So are you.” He nodded at my lip, split from earlier. His thumb grazed it, soft as a whisper.I winced. Not from
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